Derek Dowsett is the Producer of the County Seat. Now entering his 11th season of the program, he has received what he considers a "Crash Course" in County Government.

Work is underway on a road improvement project in Uintah County. The road is called the Seep Ridge Road and it is the main corridor for access for oil and gas development along with agricultural and recreation access in Uintah county. Uintah county has tried to get the road paved in the past, and looked at creating a paved route all the way to I70. That has been the problem of the past project is that it wasn’t financially viable for Grand County to complete. The new project seeks to pave 45 miles of existing road all the way to the south end of Uintah county at the Grand County line.